The 1970s wis a period whan video recordin became a major contributor tae the televeesion industry. Like mony ither technological innovations, ilk ane o several companies made an attempt tae produce a televeesion recordin staundart that the majority o the warld wad embrace. At the peak o it aw, the hame video industry wis caucht up in a series o videotape format wars. Twa o the formats, VHS an Betamax, received the maist media exposur. VHS wad eventually win the war, an tharefore succeed as the dominant hame video format, lastin throughoot the tape furmat period.[4]